Miss Chinese International Pageant 2008
Miss Chinese International Pageant 2008 was held on January 26, 2008 in Foshan, China, for the second consecutive year. The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. Miss Chinese International 2007 Sarah Song of Sydney, Australia crowned Océane Zhu of Paris, France as the 20th Miss Chinese International. Zhu is the first ever winner from Europe.
| Miss Chinese International Pageant 2008 | |
|---|---|
| Date | January 26, 2008 |
| Presenters | Eric Tsang, Sammy Leung, Myolie Wu |
| Entertainment | Kenny Chung |
| Venue | Foshan City News & Broadcast Centre, Foshan, China |
| Broadcaster | TVB |
| Entrants | 23 |
| Placements | 11 |
| Winner | Océane Zhu Paris,  France |
| Congeniality | Delaine Lee 李德玲 Calgary, .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
Pageant information
The slogan to this year's pageant was "Expanding the View of the World: Beauty Comes from the Chinese " 「放眼世界 美麗來自中華」. The Masters of Ceremonies include Eric Tsang, Sammy Leung and Myolie Wu. Special performing guest was cantopop singer Kenny Chung. Contestant #23 TingJia Rosalinda Lorigiano of Montreal was the youngest of all competitors in the history of the pageant, at 17 years old. Her younger sister, Lucia Lorigiano 黄婷麗, later competed and won the title of Miss Chinese Montreal and competed in Miss Chinese International Pageant 2014 and won 2nd Runner-Up. [1]
Top 10 mishap
While the MCs were announcing the top 10 semi-finalists, there was a notable pause and indistinct discussion among them after the third delegate was called out. Eric Tsang then said an error was made in announcing one of the semi-finalists, but did not state whom. After the initial 10 delegates were revealed, Sammy Leung announced that (20) Ivy Han was among the semi-finalist list as well, causing the list to grow to eleven semi-finalists. Immediately afterwards, the reasoning for this was backtracked and the MCs stated that the extra semi-finalist was due to scoring issues and a tie for 10th place. After the pageant, it was revealed that the mix-up occurred because the scoring tie was not communicated to the MCs, hence they were hesitant to announce all eleven semi-finalists. [2]
Results
| Placement | Contestant | City Represented | Country Represented |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Chinese International 2008 | Océane Zhu 朱璇 | Paris | France |
| 1st Runner-Up | Kayi Cheung 張嘉兒 | Hong Kong |  Hong Kong |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Aileen Xu 徐萌 | Chongqing |  China |
| Top 5 Finalists | Lucia Long 龍洋 Ivy Han 韓曉丹 |
Mudanjiang Sydney |
China.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
| Top 11 Semi-Finalists | Cici Chen 陳麗 Wendy Xu 徐弋雯 Qinxin Li 李沁芯 Alexis Go 吳佳穎 Lily Ji 吉麗 TingJia Rosalinda Lorigiano 黃婷佳 |
Hunan Hangzhou Pearl River Manila Kunming Montréal |
China China China Philippines China Canada |
Special awards
- Miss Friendship: Delaine Lee 李德玲 (Calgary)
- Miss Courageous: Lisa Li 李莎 (Auckland)
- Miss Young: Océane Zhu 朱璇 (Paris)
Contestant list
Crossovers
Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants: